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Process of engulfing invading organisms at the site of infection?
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The process by which a cell takes material into the cell by infolding of the cell membrane?
Endocytosis is the process of a cell 'engulfing' material by foldings of the cell membrane.
When a white blood cell engulfs a bacteria and destroys it the process of engulfing the bacteria is called cellular eating or...?
phagocytosis? i think not sure though
What is a endocytosis general description?
There are two types of endocytosis: Phagocytosis (cell-eating) and Pinocytosis (cell-drinking). Endocytosis is a process in which a cell fully engulfs materials from the outside and fuses them to its plasma membrane. These materials are usually the larger of materials since they aren't small enough to cross the cell's plasma membrane by some sort of diffusion. Endocytosis is an energy using process in which cells absorb molecules by engulfing them.
Why do organisms needed to carry out the process of respiration?
Organisms need to carry out the process of respiration because the cells in the organisms break down simple food molecules and release their energy.
Which type of organisms process light in the chloroplast?
They are called phototrophs. They are photosynthetic organisms
What is the process of specialized cells engulfing and digesting neutralized antigens and debris?
Macrpphage is the process where Phagocytec, a form of White Blood Cell seek out and engulf or destroy invading or foreign entities, cells, infection and abnormal products within the body. Jeffrey J. Vrtis, RN BSN. ---- This process is referred to as phagocytosis. There are numerous cells in the body that utilize phagocytosis. The most commonly thought of are the macrophage, which is a part of the cellular immunity of the body. The engulfed cellular components are broken down in lysozomes to their most basic parts and destroyed.
Why is phagocytosis called 'cell eating'?
Phagocytes move throughout the vaculature, engulfing bacteria, dead cells and injured cells. The process of engulfing is often referred to as eating.
How ameoba take food?
amoeba is a phagocyte. it means that it is a cell which absorbs waste material, harmful microorganisms, or other cells by engulfing them. the process of engulfing food is called phagocytosis.
What single celled organism obtains food by the process of engulfing?
Protazoa and protis engulfs their food
What process includes a cell engulfing a particle and packages it inside a vesicle?
Phagocytosis Added: A more precise answer here is that this is a form of endocytosis. Phagocytosis usually is particle engulfing without the vesicle, necessarily.
How do you use exocytosis in a sentence?
Endocytosis is an energy using process by which cells absorb molecules by engulfing them. "The process of endocytosis happens within cells. "
What is the process by which modern organisms have decended from ancient organisms called?
The process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms is called evolution.
What oxygen needed by most organisms in the process?
needed by most organisms in the process of
The process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms is called?
The process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms is called evolution.
What process describes a cell engulfing large food particles?
phagocytosis.
Organisms remove metabolic cellular wastes by the process of what?
Organisms remove metabolic cellular wastes by the process of excretion.
How did early eukaryotes obtain organelles that they were not created with?
By a process called endosymbiosis. It involves the Eukaryotic cell engulfing a Prokaryotic cell, such as a photosynthetic organism.
